Sheet-metal container



J COYLE SHEET METAL CONTAINER Filed Jan. 5, 1925 Feb. 1 1927..

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Fatented Feb. 1, 1927.

JOHN COYLE, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

SHEET-METAL CONTAINER.

Application filed. January 5, 1925.

The invention relates to new and useful improvements in sheet metalcontainers, and more particularly to a metal container having a coverfor closing the same, and a bail whereby said container may be carried.

An object of the invention is to provide a container of the above typewherein the top Which forms the cover seat for the cover is alsoprovided with means for supporting the bail, which top including thebail supporting means may be rolled into a double seam joining the topto the body portion of the container.

In the drawings which show by way of illustration one embodiment of theinvention Figure 1 is a sectional view through a con tainer embodying myimprovements, with the top placed on the container body preparatory tothe rolling of the outer portion of the top into a double seam;

Fig. 2 is a similar view, but showing the bail supporting means asfolded back on the top portion preparatory to securing said top and hailsupport to the body portion of the container;

Fig. 3 is a similar view, but showing these parts rolled into a doubleseam, and

Fig. 4 is a plan view of a blank forming the top of the container andthe bail supporting means.

In the drawings, I have shown a metal container comprising a cylindricalbody portion 1 which may be made in the ordinary way, and has a bottomattached thereto by an ordinary double seam. The upper end of thecontainer is closed by a top 2 which is bent upwardly and thencedownwardly to form a friction Wall 3.

In Fig. 4 of the drawings, I have shown a blank from which the topportion 2 is formed. Said blank is provided with a central opening 4,and the metal adjacent said opening-is bent so as to form a fric- Saidblank is provided with oppositely disposed projections 5, 5 each ofwhich has a perforation 6. These projections form'the bail supportingmeans for the container. The projection is folded back on the bodyportion of the top as clearly shown in Fig. I of the drawings.

Serial No. 536.

Said ear is bent so as to conform to the shaping of the top, and at itsinner end is turned up so as to form a substantially ver tical wall 7This vertical wall 7 is spaced from the parts 8 of the top and ear,which extend a slight distance down into the container body. Thecontainer body has a flange 9 at its upper end. The top and theprojecting portion 5 which is to form the ear for supporting the bailare laid over this flange and are rolled with the flange into a doubleseam as shown in Fig. 4s. The bail 10 is semi-circular in form, and hasits ends bent at right angles as indicated at 11, so as to enter theperforations 6 in the ears 5. As above noted, the raised wall 7 isspaced from the parts 8. The bail can be turned down into this space andhoused thereby. It will be seen that the weight of the contents of thecontainer is carried by a part rolled into the double seam at the top ofthe container body, and therefore, a very rigid and durable support ismade for the container. The opening 4 is adapted to be closed by afriction top cover 12 which is provided with a friction wall 13 adaptedto engage the friction wall 3 on the top of the container. The upperedge of the wall 13 is bent outwardly and thence inwardly to form areinforced edge 14, which limits the inward movement of the friction topcover and also provides a reinforced edge on said cover, which may bepried up to remove the cover.

The part of the top which forms the ears for supporting the bail isintegral with the top, and this assures that the ears shall be properlypositioned on opposite sides of the container body.

It is obvious that minor changes in the details of construction andarrangement of the parts may be made without departing from the spiritof the invention, as set forth in the appended claim.

Having'thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters-Patent, is

A sheet metal container comprising a cylindrical body portion, a top forclosing said cylindrical body portion, the metal forming the top beingshaped so as to provido hail supports, said bail supports being turnedinwardly and upwardly at their inner ends to form the bail supportingpor' tion, said metal forming the top and the bail supports at the outeredge thereof being rolled together into a double seam With the flange ofthe container, said top having an opening inside of the bail supportsand having the metal thereof bent to form a friction Wall and a coverhaving a friction Wall 10 for engaging the friction Wall on the top.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature.

JOHN COYLE.

